Arsenal will be looking to recover after last weekend's defeat when they travel to face Norwich City on Sunday. The Gunners were beaten 2-1 by West Brom last weekend, but Norwich will be looking for their own revival after five defeats in the last six matches. The Canaries have won just one of their last thirteen Premier League matches against Arsenal, that win was in 2012. It's interesting that ten of the last eleven goals scored by Arsenal against Norwich have come in the second half.
Norwich are just three points above the relegation zone now after losing five of their last six league matches. The only positive result during that poor streak was the 1-0 victory over Swansea, their third win of the season. Last weekend the Canaries were defeated by defending champions Chelsea, even though they were not far away from nicking a point at Stamford Bridge. Alex Tettey is out of contention, but captain Russell Martin will be back in action. Matt Jarvis might have to sit this one out.
Arsenal have recovered some confidence in midweek after securing a vital 3-0 Champions League win over Dinamo Zagreb following last weekend's defeat at the hands of West Brom. The Gunners are struggling with injury problems though, with seven first-team members on the sidelines. The only good news on that front is the return of Aaron Ramsey, he came in as a substitute against Zagreb and might feature from the start this weekend. Alexis Sanchez suffered a slight hamstring problem but he will probably have to play through the pain. Jack Wilshere, Mikel Arteta, Theo Walcott, Francis Coquelin, Danny Welbeck and Tomas Rosicky are all unavailable, while Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain won't be fully fit before the match.
Probable line-ups:
Norwich: Ruddy - Martin, Bennett, Bassong, Olsson - Howson, Mulumbu, O'Neil, Redmond, Brady - Mbokani
Arsenal: Cech - Monreal, Koscielny, Mertesacker, Bellerin - Cazorla, Flamini - Sanchez, Ozil, Campbell - Giroud
My prediction: Arsenal to win 2-0.
Here are the odds for the match at Bet365:
Norwich win - 6.00 Draw - 4.20 Arsenal win - 1.61
sharpe
8 years ago
The same I said in the Leicester- MU comment can be said here too really. Arsenal not taking advantage of the City who are the main favourites for the title with dropping too much points themselves. Probably next season MC and Chelsea will be back on the top on their game and this is the season in which Arsenal and MU both...
The same I said in the Leicester- MU comment can be said here too really. Arsenal not taking advantage of the City who are the main favourites for the title with dropping too much points themselves. Probably next season MC and Chelsea will be back on the top on their game and this is the season in which Arsenal and MU both have a golden opportunity to be a champions. But in the way both these keep dropping points with not so class teams this will be almost impossible.
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GREGJO
8 years ago
Norwich are in the 16th place in the Premier League and they are far away from the red hot form (last 10 matches - including cups - 2 wins, 3 draws, 5 losses). On the other hand the Gunners have the best away from home record in the league with 7 wins out of 9 matches. Arsenal won last 3 matches against Norwich and won...
Norwich are in the 16th place in the Premier League and they are far away from the red hot form (last 10 matches - including cups - 2 wins, 3 draws, 5 losses). On the other hand the Gunners have the best away from home record in the league with 7 wins out of 9 matches. Arsenal won last 3 matches against Norwich and won 3 out of their last 4 visits at the Canaries. The Gunners lost to West Brom at the last week and in my opinion they want to bounce back. Losing Coquelin is a big blow for them but the visitors have to win this match to keep the pressure on Manchester United, Manchester City and Leicester City. I think Arsenal will win this match by at least 2 goals difference. My prediction is: 1-3 or 0-3.
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